Zuckerberg says Threads, Instagram’s new Twitter-like app, launched with 5 million users; Elon Musk responds

Facebook parent Meta Platforms launch its new social media site “Threads” on Wednesday, and it swiftly took off with more than 5 million sign-ups within just a few hours of its launch, according to its CEO.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrated the platform’s launch, which came Wednesday evening in the U.S. with a new thread on the platform, saying: “Just passed 5 million sign ups in the first four hours…” Hours earlier, Zuckerberg said the app had gained 2 million sign-ups in the first two hours from it